Films Seen Recently

(only the ones I can remember or kept track of…. since around 2000)

1. Earth – Dehpa Meta (again)

2. Fire – Dehpa Meta

3. Into the Arms of Strangers (documentary about kids who were sent out of the country to be fostered during WWII)

4. Rocks at Whiskey Trench (NFB doc about disgusting behavior of whites at Oka)

5. Kadosh – struggle of two women to fit their modern lives into the traditions of jewish fundamentalism

6. The Terrorist – the journey of a would-be suicide bomber

7. Yana’s Friends

8. The Tao of Steve

9. Waydowntown – life in Calgary’s Plus 15 – awesome!

10. red deer

11. After Life – if you could choose one memory to re-live for eternity, after you die, which would you choose?

12. After the Truth – a lawyer tries to defend Nazi Joseph Mengele

13. Memento

14. Amelie - awesome!!!!!

15. Bowling for Columbine – mm for pres…

16. Random Passage – love it love it love it love it….

17. Lord of the Rings 1 – Wow!

18. Harry Potter 1

19. The Shipping News - ok

20. Y Tu Mama Tambien

21. Lucia y El Sexo – a favorite

22. Khandahar

23. Atunhajuet: Fast Runner – great! The sex was a bit weird…

24. 28 Days Later

25. Children of Paradise – amazing director… can’t wait to see his others.

26. Beuna Vista Social Club – classic. Seen it many times.

27. Sweet Home Alabama – needed a chickflick… sucked.

28. The Crimes of Father Amaro - good

29. Lord of the Rings 2 – cinematic history

30. My... Greek Wedding – hated it. Could barely finish watching it. Did I finish watching it???? I forget.

31. Maya – very disturbing but amazing

32. Noam Chomsky Documentary – go Noam!

33. Harry Potter II – did not disappoint

34. Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood – loooooved it

35. Swordfish – actually good!

36. Best in Show – well done!

37. Spinal Tap – great director (same as best in show…)

38. The Grinch Who Stole Christmas – amazing sets

39. Margaret Atwood – Talk @ Chateau Laurier – Carleton University

40. Roger and Me – you can’t go wrong with Michael Moore

41. Spellbound – awesome (about the National Final Spelling Bee in US)

42. The Corporation – Best all year.

43. Doll’s House - GCTC

44. Love Actually – surprisingly good!

45. A Mighty Wind

46. Best of Banff Mountain Film Fest 2003 – great! 2002 was better though.

47. Cathy Jones Live - GCTC

48. Elephant – Cannes best film 2003

49. Catch Me if You Can – if it wasn’t true, I would have never believed it…

50. September 11^th, 2001 – ok, some excellent, some terrible.

51. My Life Without Me – top Canadian flick at TIFF. Excellent.

52. House of Sand and Fog – ok. Bad timing for me, otherwise I would have liked it a lot.

53. Lost in Translation

54. The Invisibiltiy of Eileen - GCTC

55. Radio

56. American Wedding – pretty bad… but funny sometimes (I loooooved the other two)

57. Flower and Garnet – another top Canadian flick at TIFF this year.

58. Stephen Lewis – Talk @ U of O

59. The Fog of War: The Eleven Lessons of Robert S. MacNamara – hmmmm…. Methinks he doth protest too much…

60. The Godfather: Part I

61. The Godfather: Part II

62. The Invisible Island – Great Canadian Theatre Company

63. Sex and the City – Season 1

64. Dalai Lama - Talk

65. The Triplets of Belleville

66. Osama

67. Romeo Dallaire – Talk

68. Checkpoint

69. Baghdad or Bust

70. Roach Trip

71. Army of One

72. Vietnam: Ghosts of War

73. Seventeen

74. Death in Gaza

75. Slasher

76. Money

77. World Trade Opera

78. Sex and the City – Season 2

79. Sex and the City – Season 3

80. Sex and the City – Season 4

81. Sex and the City – Season 5

82. Sex and the City - Season 6

83. Supersize Me

84. Touching the Void

85. The Barbarian Invasion

86. Robert Fisk

87. Sophie Harkat

88. Fahrenheit 9/11

89. Thomas Crown Affair

90. The Delicate Art of Parking

91. Supersize Me

92. Maria Full of Grace

93. Harry Potter 3

94. Terminal - meh…

95. Born Into Brothels

96. Banff Mountain Film Fest 2004

97. Cannes Ad Fest 2004

98. Tibet

99. Khabi Kushi Khabi Gham

100. Harry Potter III

101. big gap – Jan 2004 to Jan 2005, forgot to keep track for a whole year…

102.

103. Crash - Dec /05

104. My Summer of Love - Dec /05

105. Lord of War - Dec / 05

106. Pride and Prejudice - Jan /06

107. Moulin Rouge - Jan. 2006

108. Rent - Jan. 2006

109. Finding Neverland - Jan. 2006

110. The Constant Gardener - Jan. 2006

111. Nobody Knows (Japanese) - Jan /06

112. Memoirs of a Geisha - Jan/06

113. Cannes Ad Festival 2005 - Jan /06

114. Ballet Russes - Jan /06

115. Good Night & Good Luck - Jan/06

116. A History of Violence - Jan/06

117. Water - Jan/06

118. The Producers - Jan/06

119. Les Voleurs de Enfance - Jan/06

120. Capote - Jan /06

121. Paradise Now - Jan/06

122. North Country - Jan /06

123. Protocols of Zion - Jan /06

124. Ray - Feb /06

125. Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon (Imax) - Feb 06

126. Kilimanjaro (Imax) - Feb 06

127. My Life as a House - Feb 06

128. King Kong- Feb 06

129. Syriana- Feb 06

130. Merce Cunningham Dance Company- Feb 06

131. Kalmunity- Feb 06

132. Eve and the Firehorse- Feb 06

133. Va, Vis, et Deviens (Go, Live, and Become) - March 2006

134. Cubanismo - March 2006

135. Somali Voices - March 2006

136. 2047 - March 2006

137. Eight Below- March 2006

138. Garden State - March 2006

139. Aquamarine - March 2006

140. Savion Glover - March 2006

141. Poetry Face-Off - March 2006

142. Crowns - March 2006

143. Michael Franti - March 2006

144. Trevor Finlay Band - March 2006

145. Block Party - March 2006

146. V for Vendetta - March 2006

147. Guess Who's Coming for Dinner - Mar 06

148. The Philadelphia Story - Mar 06

149. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - Mar 06

150. Walk the Line - Mar 06*

151. In the Mood For Love - whoohooaaa this su-hucked! Slowest movie. Ever. Didn't even finish, and that's sayin somethin. - April, 06

152. Brokeback Mountain - April, 06

153. Dirty Pretty Things - April, 06

154. Roam - April, 06

155. Sentinel - May, 06

156. Ice Age II - May, 06

157. MI-3 - May, 06

158. Roam (again) - May, 06

159. The Collective (again) - May, 06

160. Frida - May, 06

161. Capote (again) - May, 06

162. Wolf Creek - May, 06

163. DaVinci Code, June, 06

164. Over the Hedge - June, 06

165. TransAmerica - June, 06

166. Oceans 12 - June, 06

167. Beowolf and Grendel - June, 06

168. The Omen - June, 06

169. Cars - June, 06

170. Roman Holiday - June, 06

171. The Year of Yao - July, 06

172. Pirates of the Caribbean - Aug 06

173. Pirates II - Aug 06

174. Barnyard - Aug 06

175. Fast and Furious: Tokyo Drift - Aug 06

176. Samaurai Something or other - Aug 06

177. Running Out of Time - Aug 06

178. Hollywood Heist - Aug 06 - Aug 06

179. Kung Fu Something or other - Aug 06

180. An Inconvenient Truth - Aug 06

181. X-Men III - Aug 06

182. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang - Aug 06

183. Inside Man - Aug 06

184. Stripped - Aug 06

185. 16 Blocks

Eek. 7 months of no updates... I''ll try to fill in some blanks and then start afresh.

186. Lucky Sleven

187. Last King of Scotland

188. Happy Feet

189. Flushed Away

190. Pan's Labrynth

191. Blood Diamonds

192. Catch a Fire

193. WalMart: The High Cost of Low Prices

194. Babel

195. The Departed

196. Little Miss Sunshine

197. Cars

198. Click

199. Half Nelson

Meh... can't remember. Start over.

(7 month gap)

200. Bridge to Terrabythia

201. An Affair to Remember

Awwww.... another 700 years has passed with no updates and incessant film watching... I'll fill in a few if I can remember but duuude... I won't remember... I see over 2 per week....

202. Bourne whatever

203. Casino Royale

204. Rush Hour

205. Transformers

206. Halloween

207. Harry Potter the latest - how can i be expected to remember their namesssss

208. Becoming Jane

209. Die Hard 3

(hmmmmm can you tell who's been picking the movies lately?)

210. Pirates III

211. Fracture

212. Wild Hogs

213. White Masai

214. 300

215. Shooter

216. Ghost Rider

What can I say, it was a tough summer and we needed a lot of escapism.

217. Apocolypto

218. The Good German

219. The Good Shepherd

220. Casablanca (again)

221. Stomp the Yard

222. Charlotte's Web

223. Pursuit of Happyness

224. Shortbus

225. Manufactured Landscapes

226. Volver

227. Bobby

OK time to get back to the Bytowne, this list is ridiculous of late! :-)

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